Lamp and lamp and license-sign bracket.



T.I.DUFFY. 4 LAMP AND LAMP AND LICENSE SIGN BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24, 1912.

- Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

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SALES (10., OF CHICAGO,

ILLIITOIQ, A GOBPORATION E ILLINOIS.

mien AND LAMP AND Lromvsnsreuv BRACKET.

Specification 6: Letters Patent. 1

Patented Apr. as, rare.

Original application filed June 19, 1912, Serial 110. 704,629. Divided and this application filed August 24,

1912. Serial No. 716,904.

To'all whom, it may concern.

Be itv knownthat I, THOMAS I. DUFFY, a citizen 025 the United States, and a resident of Chicago, the county of Cook and State of lllinols, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lamps and Lamp and License-Sign Brackets {and I do hereby declare that the following. is a full, clear,

and exactdescription thereof, reference be ing hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which; form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improved tail lamp and" license sign" support for motor vehicles by which to suppprt a tail lamp and license sign on therear end of'a' vehicle, and the invention consists in the matters 'hereinafter setforth and more articularly pointed, out in the appended c aims.

Tn the drawmg'sr rigure I is a partial side elevation,=w1th;the; rear axle shown in section, of amotor "vehicle equipped" with my improved tail lamp and license sign, support. Fig. 2is a partial rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the rial No. 704,629, filed June 19th, 1912, of

which this application is a division. It may, however,'be otherwise attached to the part which carries the same. In said drawings 10, 10 designate combined spring clips and tire carrier brackets. The spring clip portions 12 of the brackets overlie the upper members 13 'of the vehicle springs 14 and are bolted to flanged fittings 15 carried by the frame bars 16 of the vehicle body.

The tire carrier 18, supported by said brack ets 10 is provided with laterall directed hollow lugs 21 which are interior y tapered,

as shown in Fig. 3, to fit over tapered pins or studs 22 that are driven into openings in the rear ends of the brackets 10, 10. The said fittings 21 are confined on said tapered pins or studs by screw bolts 24, 24 screwthreaded into axial openings in'the tapered pins or studs 22.

through a hollow lu cense sign supporting bracket, comprises an attaching member 26 having a lug or upturned part 27 that is apertured to recelve the screw bolt or stud 24 by which it is attached to the rear end of the bracket 10, and an outer member 28 having an upstanding portion or lug 29 to which is adapted to be attached a tail lamp, or a combined tail lamp and license sign. The said membea-s 26 and 28 are provided at their adjacent ends with hub portions 31, 32, arranged horizontally one over the other, and herein shown as fastened together by a bolt 34 that is screw-threaded to the upper hub member 32 and extends downwardly orboss. 35 of the lower hub member. aid bolt 34 extends downwardly beyond said hollow boss and is provided atdts' lower end with a; head 36. Within the hollow boss or lug, and'between a shoulder therein and a flanged Washer fitted against said head 36, is a spiral expansion spring 38'which tendsto .hold together the ribbed and ooved faces of the hub members 31, 32. The bolt 3 L may bes'crewdto a i eater or less extent into the hub 32 where y the tension of the spring 38 may hevaried or adjusted. The said s ring 38; is made of sufficient strength to re iably hold the ribbed and grooved faces of the hub; members together and to entally turning on its axis. It is suificiently weak, however, to enable the lanip carrying member to be turned by hand without removing the bolt or stud 34:. i I

The lamp and license sign bracket, thus described, is adapted to support a tail lamp and license sign with the'license sign arranged in a plane in rear of and parallel to the plane of the=tire in the carrier; and the construction described permits the outer member 28 of the lamp and license sign bracket to be turned on the axis of the bolt 34 to swing the license sign outwardly away from the tire or tires, so that the latter may be laterally removed from the carrier, when the carrier assumes the form shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The bracket shown is an exceedingly simple device to support a tail lamp or lamp and license sign on a vehicle and permits the license sign tooccupy a position in rear My improved tail lamp or lamp and lipreventthe lamp carrying member a'cci- V v of the tire carrier and to be readily swung away from the carrier when a tire is to be removed from or placed in the carrier.

I -claim 1, A lamp and license sign support comprising a horizontal attaching member provided at one end with means to fix the same to a car and at its other end with a hub, a supporting member provided at its inner end with a hub to enga e the hub of the attaching member and ormed at its outer end to support a lamp, and a bolt extending loosely through the supporting member and screw-threaded to the attaching member to clam the hub parts together.

2. A 'lamp an license sign support comprising a horizontal attaching member provided at one end with means to fix the same to a car and at its other end with a hub, a supporting member provided at, its inner end with a hub to engage the hub of the attaching member and formed at its outer end to support a lamp, and a bolt extending loosely through the supporting member and screw-threaded to the attaching member to clamp the hub parts to ether, said hub members being roughene on their proximate faces, and a spring applied between the bolt and the attaching member to hold the hub arts yieldingly together.

3. A lamp and license si support comprising an attaching mem r provided at one end with means to fasten it to a car, and at its other end with a roughened bear ing face, a supportingmember provided with a roughened bearing face to engage the bearing face of the attaching member and provided with an upturned lamp supporting lug, ivot means extending through the bearing aces and attached to the supporting member and loosely extending through theattaching member, said attaching member being formed with a housin through which'the pivot means extend and a spring surrounding the pivot means within the housing and interposed between the attaching member and a shoulder on the pivot means.

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing as my invention I atfix my si ature in the presence of two Witnesses, this 20th day of 7 August, 1912.

Witnesses:

G. E. Dowm, W. L. HALL.

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